St Michael's Church in St Michael's Road, Handsworth, Birmingham, England, is a

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church, in the Diocese of Birmingham, built in 1851–1855 (and then in

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), and described as "a major local landmark". In 1907 part of the parish was taken to form a new parish for St Peter's Church, Handsworth. It can seat one thousand people, and was built mainly to accommodate workers from local industry. The foundation stone was laid by

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, of Sandwell Hall, in 1852. The church was consecrated by

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, the

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1901 postcard showing interior
Handsworth Grade II listed churches in the West Midlands (county) Churches completed in 1855 19th-century Church of England church buildings Grade II listed buildings in Birmingham Handsworth Handsworth, West Midlands {{England-church-stub